{"id":348350,"date":"2017-08-26T18:37:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T18:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=348350"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:46:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:46:43","slug":"man-utd-stay-top-after-rashford-fellaini-strikes-against-leicester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/man-utd-stay-top-after-rashford-fellaini-strikes-against-leicester\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd stay top after Rashford, Fellaini strikes against Leicester"},"content":{"rendered":"
Substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini both scored as Manchester United overcame a resolute Leicester to strengthen their position at the top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n
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Jose Mourinho’s side had applied incessant pressure on the Foxes from kick-off, and Romelu Lukaku missed a second-half penalty prior to the goals, as they found it difficult to break the steadfast backline.<\/p>\n
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They finally breached the last line of\u00a0defence\u00a0when Rashford converted Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s corner three minutes after coming on.<\/p>\n
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And then midfielder Fellaini stuck out his knee to divert fellow substitute Jesse Lingard’s drive past Kasper Schmeichel.<\/p>\n
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United are the only side to have won all three of their opening league games this season and have yet to concede a goal.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini both scored as Manchester United overcame a resolute Leicester to strengthen their position at the top of the Premier League. Jose Mourinho’s side had applied incessant pressure on the Foxes from kick-off, and Romelu Lukaku missed a second-half penalty prior to the goals, as they found it difficult to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n